Project number:
1982-025
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$0.00
Organisation:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date:
28 Dec 1985
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31 Dec 1985
Contact:
FRDC
1. Examine feasibility of artificially propagating the tropical pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, by transferring existing hatchery techniques used in production of mollusc seed of temperate species such as edible oysters and scallops
Final report
Author:
Robert A Rose
Final Report
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14.15 MB
1982-025-DLD.pdf
The Western Australian Research Laboratories began investigating the feasibility of artificially propagating the silverlip or goldlip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, (Jameson) in 1982 and culminated its study by operating a pilot scale, seasonal hatchery at the Broome Jetty, Broome, Western Australia from 1986 to 1989. This manual describes the hatchery facilities and husbandry techniques developed during this period for the spawning and culture of the larvae and newly settled spat.
